Property/Site Owners
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Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines
The Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines celebrate the wealth of the state's forest resources and emphasizes our responsibility to care for them. They outline practical, site-specific considerations that land managers need to take into account…
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Cooperating Forester Program
Cooperating Foresters are consulting foresters or industrial foresters who voluntarily enter into a cooperative agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Consulting foresters are private-sector foresters who provide…
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Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality
Wisconsin's forestry best management practices (BMPs) for water quality are intended to provide simple and cost-effective methods for protecting water quality in lakes, streams and wetlands from nonpoint source pollution and soil disturbance before…
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Wisconsin Assessment of Need
The Wisconsin Assessment of Need is the primary program implementation document for the state, as required by the U.S.
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Forest Legacy Program
The purpose of the Forest Legacy Program [exit DNR] is to identify and protect environmentally important private forestlands threatened with conversion to non-forest uses, such as subdivision for residential or commercial development.
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Weed Management
The information below is intended to help manage some specific weeds in new tree planting sites and in forest sites. There is also information about general weed management in new tree plantations. Alfalfa Alfalfa grows to about 3 feet in height…
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Red Pine Pocket Decline and Mortality
Red pine pocket decline and mortality is a disease of plantation-grown red pine. The most likely trees to show symptoms of this syndrome are 30- to 45-year-old red pines in thinned plantations. Studies to identify the reasons why certain…
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Oak Wilt
Learn if your property is at risk, how to reduce the spread of oak wilt in a forested area, how to know if a tree has oak wilt and much more.DistributionOak wilt is widespread in southern Wisconsin, but in much of northern Wisconsin it is still a…
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Find Forest Health Help
For sick forest trees, contact a DNR forest health specialist or forester.For sick yard trees, contact a certified arborist or visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension's Ask Your Gardening Question page.